词源趣谈 | talk nineteen to the dozen 喋喋不休
talk nineteen to the dozen 形容某人喋喋不休、语速很快。
词汇
小词详解 | disdain
Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace.
避免平凡，鄙弃平庸。
熟词僻义 | 看 railroad 如何强行碾压
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
词源趣谈 | have one's tail between one's legs 垂头丧气
one has one's tail between one's legs 指某人感觉受到挫败，感到羞耻或沮丧。
词源趣谈 | taboo 禁忌
taboo 指言行上的禁忌之处，尤其是那些无礼或令人尴尬的言行。
小词详解 | covet
The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself.
贪心者害人尤害己。
小词详解 | peer
Figures wander, lurk, peer from warrens.
几个人影晃来晃去，忽而潜藏起来，忽而又从破房子里窥伺。
熟词僻义 | service 是一种什么仪式？
Service to others leads to greatness.
服务他人，成就伟业。
词源趣谈 | turn the tables 扭转局面（使之不利于某人）
turn the tables 指彻底扭转局面。
英语词根 | tract = draw （拉、抽、引）
tractor
英 /ˈtræktə(r)/ 美 /ˈtræktər/
拖拉机、牵引机；【美式英语】（牵引式挂车的）牵引车，拖车头
熟词僻义 | humour 是一种怎样的纵容？
共和党目前为何 humour 特朗普？
小词详解 | thicket
这本平淡无奇的小说纯粹是由一堆文学参考书胡乱拼凑而成。
This banal novel is a thicket of literary references.
